Americans Believe Media Is the Most Unethical Industry

The job world certainly has changed since the wild and woolly days of
Mad Men and three-martini lunches. What would our grandparents make of
nap pods and mental-health days? We would find these modern practices
very hard to explain, according to this month’s survey. But we’d like to
bring back features of yesteryear. More than 20 percent of us, for
instance, pine for the days of the handshake deal. What would tempt
someone to leave their job? More money, obviously, but younger folks are
also looking for new opportunities, and the thirtysomething
crowd—perhaps juggling a family and a house in the suburbs—craves
more money and more flexibility. With corporate C.E.O.’s earning so much
more than the rank and file, it’s natural to wonder how much “so much
more’’ is the right amount. Roughly half of us think a C.E.O. ought to
earn about 10 times an average worker’s salary. Sounds good, but the
actual figure is nearly 200 times.

This poll was conducted on behalf of CBS News by SSRS of Media,
Pennsylvania, among a random sample of 1,017 adults nationwide,
interviewed by telephone September 28-October 2, 2016. Some
low-percentage answer choices may have been omitted, and some numbers
have been rounded off.